Machine for extracting juice from fruit



J. LEVIN. MACHINE FOR EXTHACTING JUICE FROM FRUIT.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1920. 1,849,839,

PatentedAug. 1.7, 1920.

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J, LEWN.

MACHINE FOR EXTHACTING JUICE FROM FRUlT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, I920.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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Inverutofr .7 uice forming the center of the icture.

' attentionof the public is furt er drawn to the device and to the fact that orange juice pan of, j illuminating fixtures, one on-each side of the orange juice conveyer, the machine being so constructed as to impart an up and down.

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JACOB Levin, 5 or SPRlNC-FIELD, mnssacnusnrrs.

MACHINE FOR EXTBACTING JUICE FROM FRU IT.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patented Aug, 17, 1920. i

Application filed January 3, 1920. Serial No. 349,134.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JACOB-LEVIN a citizen of Russia, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Machines, for Extracting uice from Fruit, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for extracting juice from fruit and the object of the invention is to provide a machine of this class which is simple and eflicient in itsoporation, easily operated, easy to take apart for cleansing purposes and of an'attractive appearance, so that the same may be used wherever soft drinks are dispensed, particularly at summer resorts, amusement parks and fair-grounds, and be attractive and ornamental for such places. i

The object of the invention is further to provide a machine which will attract the attention of the public to the juice which is beingextracted from oranges or other fruit and this end is attained by havin in the center of the machine a stream 0 orange juice pouring downwardly and visible to the eye, this stream. of orange 1 11108 being surrounded by a frame-work of a plurality of rotating spirally-formed shafts, preferably four in number, .thus forming a sort of picture frame with the cascade of orange is being supplied for drinks by a movement to these il uminating fixtures or electric lamps. v I

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and pointed out in the claims.

Referring' to the drawings: Figure 1 is a" front elevation of my imroved machine.for extracting juice from ruit, portions being broken away to save space and for purposes of illustration.

particularly Fig. is a sectional elevation 'takeii The through the center of the hopper, also broken away.

' Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, maehme, 6 is a vertical back-plate for said caslng, 7 is a top plate, 8'is an intermediate plate representing a shelf, 9 is the base of the mach1ne,,l0 is an electric motor having a vertically-positioned shaft 11 which IO': tates in bearings 12 and 1.3.

A hopper 14 has a collar 15 fastened to its lower end and this collar is fastened by screws 16 to the exterior of the upper hearing 12. The shaft 11 projects upwardly beyond it bearing 12 and is flatted off at its upper end at 17 to receive a reamer 18 which has a downwardly projecting hub 19 provided with a hole 'similarl shaped to lit the fiatted upper end of the s aft 11. .'The bottom of the hopper 14 has an annularfgflange 20 projecting upwardly into an annular recess 21 in the bottom of the reamer 18. The hopper 1 1 has a spout;22 leading out of the bottom thereof and terminating at itsouter end in a vertical portion 23. v 4 lnufront of the back-plate 6 and substan* tially centrally positioned in the machine is a juice conveyer 24 which has an annular bracket 25 thereon adapted to bear against the front face of the back-plate 6 andfa downwardly extendin bear against the rear f cc of the back-plate he conveyer 24 consists of a vertical portion 28 which terminates at its lower end in a spout 29 and at its up er end in a horizontal rearwardly-exten ing portion 30.

, 32 of the front wall of said conveyer at the 3 Eu?- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation'ltaken onupper portion of said conveyer is concave,

5 is the casingof the lug 27 adapted to large quantity, will strike this concave surface 32 and be directed downwardly toward the outlet spout 29 of the conveyer. Moreover, the curved inner surface 32 of the con- -veyer renders it easy to thoroughly cleanse the same. The spout 29 opens into a pipe.

33 leading downwardly through an orna- ,mentally shaped vase 34 which rests upon chine empties into a flexible pipe 37 which at its upper end is rotatably mounted upon a union 38 which is fastened to the frame of the machine, whereby the upper end of the pipe 37 is supported from the frame of the machine and the lower endof the pipe 36 empties-into the pipe 37; the lower end of the pipe 37 is adapted to be connected to any one of three receptacles, 39, 40 or 41, and this portion of the apparatus is duplicated on opposite sides of the machine.

Thelowerend of the motor shaftll has a worm 42 fast thereto and which meshes with a wormgear 43 fast to a shaft 44 retatably mounted in bearings on the frame of the machine. The shaft 44 has a sprocket gear 45 fast thereto which drives a sprocket chain 46, said sprocket chain at its lower end engaging a sprocket gear 47 fast to a shaft 48, rotatably mounted in the frame of the machine. opposite ends on the outsideof the frame of the machine pulleys 49 and 50. The

, shaft 44 has fastened to its opposite'ends pulleys 51 and 52. The pulleys 49 and are connected by belts 53 and 54 to pulleys 55 and 56 respectively, which are fastened to a horizontal shaft 58, journaledto rotate in bearings 59 on the frame .of the machine.

-The .shaft 58 has fastened thereto bevel gears 60 and 61 which mesh into bevel gears 62 and 63 respectively. The bevel gears 62 and 63 are fastened to vertical shafts 64 and 65 respectively. The shafts 64 and 65 have fastened to their upper ends bevel gears 66 and 67 which mesh respectively with bevel gears 68 and 69, these latter gears being fastened to a horizontal shaft 70 which is rotatably mounted in bearings 71 on the frame of the machine. The opposite ends of the shaft 70 have pulleys 72 and 73 fastened thereto. The shafts 58, 64, 65 and 70 have a spiral formation and are made of highly polished or plated metal to add to the appearance of the machine and to attract attention. Each pair of bevel gears 61, 63; 60, 62; 66, 68; and 67, 69 are inclosed in a casing 82.

Upon opposite sides of the conveyer 24 are located illuminating fixtures 74 and 75 which are mounted upon brackets 76 and 77 constituting levers which are pivoted at 78' to the frame of the machine and which have The shaft 48 has fastened to its rearwardly extending arms 79 and 79 which bear against eccentrics S0 and S1 respectively fast to the shaft 44. Said eccentrics are set 180 degrees apart, so that as the shaft 44 is rotated, the ecccntrics 80 and 81 will move the arms 7 9 and 7 9' and cause the fixtures 74 and 7 5 to rock the same alternately upwardly and downwardly, the fixture 74 moving upwardly as the fixture 75 moves downwardly and vice versa, thus still further attracting the attention of passcrsby to the machine.

The general operation of the machine hereinbefore specifically described is as follows:

The motor imparts a rotary motion to the shaft 11; the operator of the machine holds a divided orange against the reamer lS-this extracts the juice from the divided orange which pours downwardly into the hopper 14 and from the hopper the juice flows along the spout 22 and downwardly from the vertical lower end 23 of said spout into the open top of the horizontal portion 30 of the conveyer 24. The juice passes down through the chamber 31 of the conveyer and outwardly along the spout 29 which being open, renders the juice visible to spectators viewing the machine. From the spout 29 the juice passes through the pipe 33 into the receptacle 35; when this receptacle is filled, it is detached from the shelf 8, the juice is then preferably somewhat diluted and sweetened and then is poured through the pipes 36 from which it passes into the pipes 37 and thence into one of the receptacles 39, 40 or 41 on opposite sides of the machine.

While the juice is flowing through the spout 29, the spiral shafts 53, 64, 65 and 70 are kept continuously rotating in the direction of the arrows a, Z), 0,, and cf, Fig. l. The gears by which the shafts are rotated are however concealedby the casings 82 in which they are inclosed and this rotary motion of the spiral shafts produces an optical illusion due to the concealment of the gears in the casings, said illusion causing it to appear as if the spiral shafts were traveling from one shell to another in a horizontal and vertical direction.

I claim:

l. A machine for extraeting juice from fruit having, in combination, a casing embodying a vertical back-plate, a juice conveyer comprising a main body portion provided. with a chamber extending therethrough and terminating at its lower end in a spout with an open top, the upper end of said conveyer terminating in a horizontal portion extending through said back-plate and open at the top and means to fasten said conveyer to said back-plate, means to extract juice from fruit and means to convey said juice to the open top of said conveyer.

2. A machine for extracting juice from fruit having, in combination, a casing embodying a vertical back-plate, a juice conve er com rising ,a main body portion prosdnw P said portion extending throug a chamberwextending there'- liroughfandterminating atits lower end in conveyer terminating in a orizontal portion extending through said back-plate and open at the top, means to fasten said conveyer to said back late and a receptacle for liquid fast to sai in alinement with said spout, means to extract juice from fruit and means to convey said juice to the 0 en top' of said conveyer.

3. A machine or.extracting juice from fruit having, in combination, a casing embodying a vertical back-plate, a juice conveyer comprising a main body portion provided with a chamber extending therethrough and terminating at its lower end in a spout with an open top, the uppler end of in a orizontal said conveyer termlnatm said back-plate portion extending throug and open at the top and an annular bracket on saidhorizontal portion of said conveyor adapted to bear against the front face of said.backplate, means to extract juice from 'fruit and means to convey said juice to the open top of said conveyer.

4. A machine for extracting juice from fruit having,.in combination, a casing em-' bodyinga vertical back plate, a'juice conveyor com rising a main body portion provided. wit a chamber extending therethrough and terminating at its lower end in a spout with an open top, the up er end of said conveyer terminatin in a said back-plate an annular bracket on portion of said conveyor against the front face of and open at the-top, said horizontal adapted to bear said back-plateand a lug on said horizontal out withan open top, the uppler end of through and a spout with an open top, the upper end ofeasing beneath and said juice to the open p i In testimony whereof have hereunto set orizontal' portion adapted to bear against the rear face of said back-plate, means to extract juice from fruit and means to convey said uice to the open top of said conve er.

' 5. A machine fruit having, in combination, a casing embodyinga vertical back-plate, a juice conveyer com rising a main body portion provided wit terminating at its lower end in said conveyor terminatin in a horizontal portion extending throug said'back-plate and open atthe top, means to fasten said conveyer to said back-plate, a hopper located at the rear of said back-plate, a spout leading out of said hopper and terminating at its said conveyor terminating in a horizontal portion extending through said back-plate and open at the top and means to fasten said conveyor to said back-plate, the front inner wall of said conveyer opposite said horizontal portion being concave, means to extract uice from fruit and means to convey of sa d conveyer.

my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- JACOB LEVIN.

nesses.

'Witnesses: a SAM FIBHMAN, JACO GMKLEIN.

for extracting juice from a chamber extending there: 

